Erosion renders 4,500 Kurigram families homeless
Saturday, 29 August 2009
KURIGRAM, Aug 28 (BSS): Erosion of the Dharla, Teesta, Brahmaputra and Dudhkumar rivers are going on unabatedly which has already devoured several hundred acres of cultivable land and four educational institutions in the district.
Some of the establishments of the Water Development Board are now are about to be devoured.
The district administration sources said that about 4,607 families of the district are badly hit by the erosion.
The district relief office sources said that the intensity of river erosion went up sharply with the rise in water level of the rivers during July.
According to upazila nirbahi officers and chairmen of unions, so far 104 families at Bhurungamari, 652 at Nageswari, 16 at Phulbari, 194 at Rajarhat, 496 at Kurigram Sadar, 1,489 at Ulipur, 325 at Chilmari and 1,331 families at Rajibpur have already fallen prey to river erosion.
District Primary Education Officer Khalilur Raman said the rivers have devoured three primary schools of the district during the last two months.
The institutions are Rajibpur Primary, Dhalagachha Primary and Nageshwari Balarampur Government Primary Schools.
During the current season, some 233 tonnes of rice, Tk 0.26 million under gratuitous relief and Tk 78,000 as house construction assistance have so far been distributed among the erosion and flood victims, said District Relief Officer Tofazzal Hossain.
Some of the establishments of the Water Development Board are now are about to be devoured.
The district administration sources said that about 4,607 families of the district are badly hit by the erosion.
The district relief office sources said that the intensity of river erosion went up sharply with the rise in water level of the rivers during July.
According to upazila nirbahi officers and chairmen of unions, so far 104 families at Bhurungamari, 652 at Nageswari, 16 at Phulbari, 194 at Rajarhat, 496 at Kurigram Sadar, 1,489 at Ulipur, 325 at Chilmari and 1,331 families at Rajibpur have already fallen prey to river erosion.
District Primary Education Officer Khalilur Raman said the rivers have devoured three primary schools of the district during the last two months.
The institutions are Rajibpur Primary, Dhalagachha Primary and Nageshwari Balarampur Government Primary Schools.
During the current season, some 233 tonnes of rice, Tk 0.26 million under gratuitous relief and Tk 78,000 as house construction assistance have so far been distributed among the erosion and flood victims, said District Relief Officer Tofazzal Hossain.